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IRAQ POLICY WATCH (3 items)

Released on 2012-10-19 08:00 GMT

Email-ID

1284448

Date

2007-09-07 16:59:48

From

erdesz@stratfor.com

To

intelligence@stratfor.com

Senior U.S. military commanders in Iraq rejected an independent
commission's recommendation yesterday to disband the 25,000-strong Iraqi
national police force, saying that despite sectarian influences the force
is improving and that removing it would create dangerous security vacuums
in key regions of the country.

Compromise is beginning to sound like a dirty word to anti-war Democrats,
who suddenly find themselves in a defensive posture after months of
dominating the political debate over the war in Iraq.
The emerging movement among Democratic leaders in Congress to find some
middle ground on troop withdrawal deadlines is being met with severe
pushback from rank-and-file Democrats in both chambers who are startled
that their leaders are suddenly seeking bipartisan consensus on the war.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5696.html

Ever-increasing demands on the National Guard overseas and at home have
propelled the chief of the National Guard Bureau into a perpetual fight to
ensure that his traditionally under-funded and under-equipped force gets
the money and attention it deserves. Following recent recruiting
successes, Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum now finds himself advocating for a more
substantial boost in overall Guard numbers in the coming
years. (Interview follows)